Public Relations, Grievances and Corruption The most important aspects of a public service, public oriented, public contact department, like the Income Tax, are public relations, grievances and corruption. It is extremely important to handle these aspects in a meaningful and… Read more ›
Sex and Gender are totally different concepts. Sex is typically determined at birth by examining the external genitals. Males usually have a penis and scrotum. Females have a vagina and vulva. This is the classification normally given in the birth… Read more ›
Tara – BuddhismEvolution of Tara I saw this lovely image of Tara. I have seen them but never thought about them seriously. This is the result of my study.The origins of Tara can be traced back to ancient Indian mythology.… Read more ›
Am I a Girl? Why would any girl ask this silly question? But there are occasions when the answer becomes necessary. The answer is not easy. For centuries, societies have enforced the notion that a person is either a man… Read more ›
Baba Ramdev is in the news, for the wrong reasons…..I had written about him in my blog. Memories are short. Just to refresh them, I am reproducing my observations. May 21, 2011 Sanyasi or Politician ……. When I was… Read more ›
(Maa Mundeshwari Temple, Kaimar, Bihar) India is the land of Hindu Temples. There are numerous important and magnificent temples. Have you ever wondered when Hindus started constructing temples and which is the oldest Hindu Temple in India? Here… Read more ›
The word “cheetah” is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘chitraka’, meaning “speckled”. The Cheetah is the fastest land animal on earth. Probably it deserves a better name. Asiatic and the African Cheetahs There are two sub species of the Cheetah… Read more ›
Kashmir of South India I had heard a lot about Munnar, the beautiful hill station in South India. And although I had visited places very close to Munnar, such as Theni (Tamil Nadu) – only about an hour’s drive from… Read more ›
How to prepare and submit a Complaint to a Consumer Forum Of late, I have appeared before the Consumer Forums in Mumbai on behalf of several consumers. The procedure is simple, and the decision quite fast. I have received a… Read more ›
Jodhpur – Land of Sand and Sand Dunes For a long time now, I had been planning to ride across the deserts and over the sand dunes in Rajasthan, atop our one humped camels. I narrowed down my search to… Read more ›
After the monsoons, Flamingoes – the lesser and the greater ones – and a lot of other migratory birds come to the coastal mudflats of India from the North.They feed on the mudflats during the next five or six months… Read more ›
the most popular week end get away for Kolkatians (Calcuttans) Digha (originally known as Beerkul) is the most popular beach, and weekend get away, for the people of West Bengal in general, and Kolkata in particular. In 1780, in one… Read more ›
